Wagon end gate and scoop board combined



June 8,1926.

G. c MYERLY WAGON END GATE AND SCOOP BOARD COMBINED Filed April 24 INVENTOR lllll ll 3 A A TTORNEY Patented June 8, 1926.

' UNITED STATES PA E r 'orrics".

GLEN o. MYERLY, 0E :oEEP' RIVER rownsmr, FOWESHIEK: country, iOWA.

WAGON m) GATE Ann scour BoAnn ooMEmEnf 7 Application filed April 24, 1925. Serial No. 25,715.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved construction forcombined endgates and scoop-boards employing a relief wicket and means closed position.

A further object of this invention isnto provide means for supporting the wicketholding means in open position.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved Int-vans for attaching the relief wicket to the scoop-board. I

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointedv out in the F claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which-e Figure 1 is an outside elevation of the complete device in closed position. Figure 1s a side elevation oft-he sainer Figure 3 is a I vertical section on the indicated line 33 of Figure 1, the dotted lines indicating movement of the relief wicket. Figures is a detail horizontal section on the indicated line 4-4 of Figure 1.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates the body or main vportion of the end-gate or scoopb'oard,'

which is provided with transverse parallel spaced cleats 11, 12 and 1.3 on its outer face and side wings 14:, 15 on its inner face at right angles to the cleats. The wings 14, 15 extend below the body 10 and are adapted to engage a cross-bar (not shown) on the rear end of a wagon box in the usual manner. Holes are formed in the body 10 between the wings 14, 15 and above the cleat12 and wear plates 16, 17 are mounted on said body and are formed with holes registeringwith the first holes. Hook plates 18, 19 are adapted to be mounted on the sides of the wagon box and extend rearwardly therefrom through the registering holes in the body 10 and wear plates and rods 20, 21 are pivoted at one end each in the outer end of one of said plates. Therods 20, 21 are formed with eyes on their outer ends of such size as not to pass through the holes in the wear plates and body. Each rod 20, 21 is adapted to engage both plates 18, 19 an'dtogether hold theendgate in closedposition against the rear ends of the sides of the wagon box. Also, said for secinring-thewicket in i maybe used as a scoop-board. An opening or notch 1s. formed in the lower portion'of t'udinally. ofthe rods until stopped infini olined position by engagement of the hooks on theouter ends, of the rods with the wear plates" In the inclined position the end-gate the body 10 and a relief wicket'22is formed to close said opening, the c1eat13 beingcut transversely in two places and the central portion thereof being employed as a transverse cleat for the lower end portion of said wicket, Another transverse cleat 1 23 1s mounted on the upper outside portion of the wicket 22 and spaced from the cleat 12. The

adjacent nargi'ns of the cleats 12 and 23 are beveled. to permit thewicket to be placed at an angle to the plane of the body 10. Rabhets 2 5 are formed in the innerfaces of the cleats 12-and 23 respectively and hinges 26, 27 are mounted in said rabbets and fixed to the cleats, the barrels of said hinges being between said cleats.) A hook 28 is moimted ononeend portion of the cleat 13 and is spaced from. the rear face thereof. The hook 28 is formed as an angle plate, one flange thereof extending beneath the cleat 13 and being secured thereto 'bybolts 29 and the other and'longer flange thereof extending across and spaced from the rear face of the cleat and slightly above ,it and being slightly curved outwardly at its upper end. A latch bar 30 is pivoted at one end on a bolt 31 at the left end of the cleat 13 and normally extends along the rear face of the cleat 13 and has its opposite end between said cleat and the hook 28. A knob 32 is mounted on the latch bar 30 adjacent to the hook 32. The latch bar 30 engages that portion of the cleat 13 which extends across the lower portion of the wicket 22 and serves to hold the wicket in closed position. The latch bar 30 may be moved through an arc to open position, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure- 1, by manual force applied to the knob 32 and, when in said position, the bar is withdrawn from the Wicket and permits the wicket to be moved through an arc rearwardly, articulating on the pins of the hinges 26, 27 A spring clip 33 is fixed at one end to the rear face of the cleat 12 and extends along said cleat-toward the center tion as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1. The inner end portion of the clip -33 is inclined outwardly to receive and guide the free end portion of the latch bar beneath the clip and anincl-ined intermediate portion 34 of the clip facilitates removal of the latch bar therefrom manna-lily at times when permost), the latch bar '30 is moved mannally to open position, thns releasing the wicket and permitting it to assume a position at an angle to the body 10 as suggested by dotted lines in Figure 3, whereupon the contents of the wagon box will flow tl'lrongh the notch or opening in the body and discharge thereby from the box.

I claim as my invention 1. A combined end-gate and scoop-board, comprising a body formed with a notch in its lower end portion, a wick-ct mounted on thebody and adapted to close said notch, said body and wicket being formed with adjacent cleats, which cleats are beveled on adjacent sides and rabbetted in the faces at angles to said bevels, hin 'es mounted in said rabbe'ts and fixed to said cleats and means for connecting saidwicket to the body auxiliary to said hinges.

2. A combined end-gate and scoop-board, comprising a body formed with parallel cleats, said bod being .it'ormed with a notch in its lower end portion intersecting one of said cl-eats, a wicket hinged to an intermediate cleat' and adapted to close said notch, said wicket being formed with a cleat alining with portions of the intersected cleat, an upwardly-opening hook fixed to and spaced from one portion of the intersected cleat, and a latch bar pivoted to the other portion of said intersected cleat and adapted to extend across and engage the cleat on the wicket and be engaged by, said hook.

3. A combined end-gate and scoop-board, comprising a body formed with cleats, 'said body being formed with a notch in its lower end portion intersecting one of said cleats, a wicket adapted to close said notch at times and hinged to one of said cleats, said wicket carrying the central portion of the inter secte'd cleat, a hook fixed toand spaced from one end portion of the intersected cleat, and a latch bar-pivoted to the opposite end portion of said intersected cleat and adapted to extend across the central portion of said intersected cleat and across the lower end portion of said wicket and be engaged-by said hook.

GLEN C. MYERLY. 

